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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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Spring Writes Literary Festival
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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Clare Shanahan

Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor

Senior Opinion Editor Clare Shanahan writes about her experiences with public safety resources on campus, particularly emergency blue lights, safe ride and dispatch services and surveillance cameras.

Commentary: Public safety resources at the college must be increased

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 15, 2023
Community responds to The Ithacan's top stories of weeks 5 and 6

Community responds to The Ithacan’s top stories of weeks 5 and 6

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
October 2, 2023
The college has purchased all of the solar power generated from a solar farm in Seneca to offset electricity use since 2016.

College receives Gold rating for sustainability performance

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
December 7, 2022
The event began with an introduction from Yasin Ahmed, director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

College community gathers to discuss acts of hate on campus

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 8, 2022
According to a Public Safety Alert sent via email to the college community Nov. 4, the three swastikas are being investigated as vandalism of property and possible hate crimes. 

UPDATE: Three more swastikas found in Whalen Center

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 4, 2022
Ithaca College commencement for the undergraduate Class of 2023 and a graduate hooding and commencement ceremony for the graduate Class of 2023 will take place during the weekend of May 20–21, 2023.

College announces commencement plans for Class of 2023

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 2, 2022
The two most recent swastikas reported at Ithaca College were found in the Baker elevator and outside of a Kosher Kitchen storage room near Terrace Dining Hall. Tyler Wagenet, physical security systems engineer in the Office of Information Security and Access Management, said via email that there are no security cameras in any location where swastikas have been found.

Investigations into five swastikas at college continue to see no results

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
October 26, 2022
The campus community was informed of the incident at 10:49 a.m. Oct. 16 via an email from the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management (OPS). According to the email, the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) is investigating the burglary with support from the OPS. It was reported that someone broke into the building, stole a television and fell asleep in the building.

Burglary reported at Ithaca College off-campus location

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
October 17, 2022
President La Jerne Cornish said the symbol has been on the door since August 2021 and was not reported until Oct. 6.

UPDATE: Swastika reported on Kosher Kitchen storage room

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
October 7, 2022
Chaplin Yasin Ahmed, director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Ithaca College, presided over the memorial service that was held for sophomore Shea Colbert Sept. 13 in Muller Chapel. Colbert's friends, sophomores Paige Turcotte and Liam Whelan, spoke at the memorial and encouraged those who were grieving Colbert's passing to not be sad because Colbert would not have wanted that. 

College community mourns death of student at memorial

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
September 14, 2022
From left, Scott Ulrich, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, sophomore Eirene Omoniyi, Anna Larson, professor in the Department of Chemistry, and Mike Haaf, professor and chair in the Department of Chemistry.

IC chemistry department gets $250,000 grant for equipment

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
September 7, 2022
Reginald Briggs, associate director of Dining Services, said the decision was made to temporarily close Towers Marketplace because of understaffing issues. 

Towers Marketplace closed because of understaffing issues

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
September 7, 2022
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management (OPS) is working to increase use of Rave Guardian, the college’s public safety app, among the campus community and at other Ithaca College campuses. While Rave Guardian was introduced to the college’s campus in April 2021, Samm Swarts, associate director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, said the app was launched at the Ithaca College London Center (ICLC) on Aug. 23 and will be available at the Ithaca College Los Angeles campus starting in Spring 2023.

Rave Guardian app sees increased use as access expands

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
August 31, 2022
Orientation for freshmen and transfer students was held from Aug. 16 to 21, with an option for students to arrive Aug. 14 and participate in Jumpstart programs. Orientation is organized by the Office of New Student and Transition Programs, while Jumpstart is organized by the Office of Student Engagement.

Pre-semester programs see increase in attendance

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
August 24, 2022
The Ithaca College Office of Student Affairs and Campus Life hosted a virtual All Student and Family Gathering to provide new and returning students with information for Fall 2022. 

College discusses fall semester at student gathering

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
July 30, 2022
Laura Lewis, acting Mayor of Ithaca, delivers a proclamation recognizing the power structures that leave groups vulnerable to sexual violence and the need in the Ithaca community to support survivors, especially those from marginalized groups.

Students march at Take Back the Night after two years online

By Clare Shanahan and Olivia Stanzl
May 4, 2022
This is the college’s third time hosting the fundraising event and over $2.2 million was raised from 4,794 donors, the highest amount raised by the college in one day.

Giving Day creates mixed reactions within IC community

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
April 27, 2022
From left, sophomores Jay Barrett, Gwyneth Cole and Cecil Decker are the creators of the Open Pages residential community for transgender and nonbinary students.

Students create housing for transgender and nonbinary peers

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
April 27, 2022
On April 19, Ithaca College experienced a campus-wide distributed denial-of-service attack that resulted in Wi-Fi outages. While the attack has stopped, it is hard to prevent that type of attack from occuring again.

Cyberattack causes IC internet connection to cut out

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
April 20, 2022
As the effects of climate change begin to roll in, locals in Ithaca can expect increased flooding and severe weather. Many of the city's buildings are at high risk of flooding.

As effects of climate change begin to show, Ithaca starts preparing

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
April 13, 2022
From left, juniors Wren Andujar, Rowan Buck and Sean Fiske use virtual reality (VR) technology provided by IC Immersive, which allows students and professors to use the college's VR equipment.

IC professors use virtual reality technology in classes

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
April 13, 2022
From Left Zenon Wasyliw; professor in the Department of History; Jonathan Ablard, professor in the Department of History; and junior Daria Karpenko, an Ithaca College student from Ukraine.

Discussion panel held to bring awareness to Russian invasion

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
March 7, 2022
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival primarily sponsored by Ithaca College will return for its 25th year in March.

Environmental film festival celebrates 25th year

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
March 3, 2022
Senior Brianna Lowe, a Trader K’s employee since her sophomore year at Ithaca College, expressed sadness following the news of Trader K's closing.

Beloved local thrift store on The Commons announces closure

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
February 24, 2022
The program was created by Dawn Pierce, associate professor in the Department of Music Performance, and is being designed and taught in collaboration with opera director Chuck Hudson. Hudson has worked around the world directing opera, designing opera programs, working with young performers and teaching opera skills, according to his website. 

Opera direction program to start at the college in January

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 17, 2021
Uriel Abulof, associate professor at Tel-Aviv University and visiting associate professor at Cornell University, spoke at the public conversation hosted by Hillel at Ithaca College at Muller Chapel Nov. 2.

Guest speakers discuss ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
November 3, 2021
Samm Swarts, assistant director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, also spoke about the issue of COVID-19 on campus. Student adherence to policies surrounding COVID-19 has kept infection rates very low, Swarts said, and because of a 99% vaccination rate for students on campus, there is no evidence of virus transmission in classroom settings.

College discusses Family Weekend and commencement at gathering

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
October 27, 2021
Two videos of Geyer’s encounter posted on the Barstool Ithaca Instagram account drew attention from students. The following day, the account posted two more videos of mice in the Center for Health Sciences. 

Students report seeing mice in dorms and academic buildings

By Clare Shanahan, Former Opinion Editor
September 22, 2021
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